Month: April 2011

Although I like to carry out GIS analyses using the command line interface (CLI), creating maps is something I still tend to do using the graphical interface (GUI). And most of the time that makes perfect sense to me, creating something visual (the map), using visual tools (GRASS GUI gis.m or QGIS).

One of the reasons I like GRASS GIS is that everything can be done at the command line. Of course there are other ways to do this, and one which I want to explore a bit more is the OGR library. GRASS GIS uses the OGR library under the hood, but using OGR directly offers additional flexibility. For example, using OGR allows you to work directly on shapefiles, without having to import them in the GRASS database first. Continue reading “Using OGR”→

The GRASS GIS core development team is organizing a meeting where a group of developers and users will meet to improve the software, manuals and web site. They are seeking financial support to make this possible, see here for more details.

There is a new version (0,93) of Rstudio out, with some nice source editor enhancements, a new Customizable Layout and Appearance option, interactive plotting and more. Check out the RStudio blog or the release notes release notes on the RStudio site.